2 Pasadena men charged after crash with theft

February 10, 1994

Two Pasadena men arrested Saturday morning after a stolen van crashed into a pole on Fort Smallwood Road near Hilltop Road have been charged with stealing more than $7,500 worth of tools from three different vehicles, Anne Arundel County police said.

Daniel Doyle Black, 18, of the 900 block of Duvall Highway, and Timothy James Riordan, 20, of the 100 block of Ritchie Highway, were arrested near the scene of the crash, police said.

A third person, identified by one suspect as the driver of the stolen van, was still at large, police said.

Mr. Black was charged with three counts of theft over $300, four counts of malicious destruction over $300, one count of assault, one count of battery and one count of resisting arrest, police said.

Mr. Riordan was charged with three counts of theft over $300, three counts of malicious destruction, one count of resisting arrest and one count of assault.

$80,000 in thefts laid to Ames worker

A 48-year-old Pasadena woman has been charged with stealing between $80,000 and $90,000 over a three-year period from the Ames Department store in the 8700 block of Ritchie Highway, county police said.

Mary Elizabeth Carter of the 8400 block of Maryland Road is accused of making false transactions on cash returns and pocketing the money she received, police said. The thefts occurred between March 1991 and Feb. 2, 1994, when Ms. Carter was arrested.

An Ames employee who claims to have seen one of the fake transactions alerted the store's security, police said. Security personnel then conducted an investigation and contacted county police.